Letter
Hume Burnley to William H. Seward, December 21, 1864
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward
Washington, December 21, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 21st December, relative to the alleged organization formed in Halifax for seizing United States ships on the lakes situated between the United States and Canada, and at different points along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
I have this day transmitted copies of that note to their excellencies the governor general of Canada and the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
J. HUME BURNLEY.
Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C.